Deuteronomy 31:28-30

Contemporary English Version

²⁸ So call together the leaders and officials of the tribes of Israel. I will bring this book and read every word of it to you, and I will call the sky and the earth as witnesses that all of you know what you are supposed to do.

²⁹ I am going to die soon, and I know that in the future you will stop caring about what is right and what is wrong, and so you will disobey the Lord and stop living the way I told you to live. The Lord will be angry, and terrible things will happen to you.

The Song of Moses

³⁰ Moses called a meeting of all the people of Israel, so he could teach them the words to the song that the Lord had given him. And here are the words: